Chevy has unvealed their new 2015 Colorado and it came with a whopper - a new diesel engine will be offered in 2016. Along with new styling, this new midsize truck should be a strong competitor.
The Chevy Colorado fills GM's marketing plan of having a small, medium and large truck. It is 6 inches narrower, 18 inches shorter, 3 inches lower and nearly 1,000 lbs lighter than the larger Silverado. It has a much more sporty styling and has dropped some of the square looks of past models. The smaller truck shares some of the larger trucks innovations like the tailgate step, aluminum hood, triple sealing on doors for quiet ride and instrument panel upgrades with 8-inch navigation screen with the MyLink system. [more]
As exciting as the styling changes are is the news of a diesel engine offering. Coming in 2016, the 2.8L, 4-cyl "baby" Duramax diesel engine will most likely have 200 hp and 368 lb-ft of torque. If it follow the Ram's EcoDiesel offering, the engine will have an upcharge of several thousand dollars yet it will have superior low-end torque and MPGs. The Colorado will also come with a base 2.5L, 4-cyl engine rated at 193 HP and 184 lb-ft of torque as well as a 3.6L V-6 with 302 HP and 207 lb-ft of torque.
GM has decided to offer just three trim levels - a WT (work truck), LT and Z71. Also, it will be offered with a 5-foot or 6-foot bed in either an extended cab or crew cab (no regular cab). The lack of choices might work to their benefit with less consumer confusion.
Currently, the Toyota Tacoma dominates the market. GM says it will try to cut into that market share as well as try to attract Ram and Ford customers looking for a midsize option. It also plans on filling a void for a midsize fleet truck since the Ranger left the market.
The truck will probably be offered at under $20k to create a price gap between it and the larger Silverado. Expecations are that it will get fuel economy in the mid 20s with the diesel possibly hitting the high 20s or 30.

On November 14th, a 360-degree barrel roll was caught on tape at an event in Ensenada, Mexico. What's the big deal? Well, this may be the first 360 barrel roll done by a truck that has ever been successful and caught on tape. Whether it is or is not, it is very impressive. Baja 1000 racer Adrian "Wildman" Cenni makes a clean jump and sticks the landing. His nickname definitely makes sense now! So, would you ever have the guts to ever try something similar to this or would you like to keep all four wheels on the ground? Check out the video by clicking through. [more]
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There are some neighborhoods where I refuse to park any car I care about, and Seattle's Capitol Hill is one of them. It's the kind of place where cars cram both sides of narrow residential streets, and every vehicle has door-gouges and all four corners caved in from parking "by feel." Recently a childhood friend was staying in Capitol Hill, and I had to tell her I couldn't meet her there for lunch—I won't even park my Ford Escort there! Which made it all the more surpising yesterday to find this GT-R casually squeezed in with the other commuters. I can't imagine how a car like this could parked regularly on the street. It had a parking pass for Microsoft, which is all the way out in Bellevue, and—get this—a carpool sticker. So although I assumed the GT-R was just visiting, I guess theoretically the owner might live in Cap Hill and drive out to Microsoft every day. But geez, it's hard to believe they wouldn't shell out for a garage spot for it!

Here's proof that you can have a really sweet turn-key street legal track toy for under 20 grand. This E30 was originally built for the Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge, and after itwon the championship in 2011, the owner decided to dump some money into it and build it up with the goodies it deserved, including the aluminum 5.3L L33 V8. It's also got AST 4100 coilovers, CCW 3-piece wheels wrapped in Hoosier race tires, a Borg Warner T5 run through a C5 Corvette Z06 clutch and pressure plate, and a lot of E36 M3 brake and chassis running gear. What do you think, did the buyer get a deal or what? See more at the completed auction on eBay, via BringATrailer.

For most people the act of drag racing a vehicle may seem quite simple. However, in reality, it’s one of the hardest motorsports to master. Chris Harris recently found this out when he decided to pit a Porsche 997 GT2 RS against a Ducati 1199 Panigale. The Porsche packs a whopping 620 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque from its twin-turbo flat-six engine. The Ducati on the other hand makes 192 hp from its v-twin mill, but with a dry weight of only 361.5 lbs, it gains a massive advantage over the Porsche. So, which one of these street beasts will come out the victor? Click through to find out.

We had a chance to review the amazing Tumbler last week, but it’s only been a week since The Dark Knight Rises, right? So we thought we’d take another look at the most iconic superhero car of all. But you all know the Batmobiles by Burton and Schumacher intake-to-fin. What about some of the others?

The Ur-Batmobile Before there was the Batmobile, there was Batman, and he had to get around Gotham. The first car we ever see him driving comes from 1941’s Detective Comics #48, and it’s one of the most beautiful cars of its era – a 1936 Cord convertible. So classy you’d think Bruce Wayne just got fed up with his lack of Batmobile and took out one of his personal cars. This is likely the only FWD Batmobile in the lexicon.

Check out a few more Batman rides you might not have heard of after the jump!